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Subject: Re: linux 2.4.19-preX IDE bugs
To: davidsen@tmr.com (Bill Davidsen)
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:31:49 +0100 (BST)
Cc: nick@octet.spb.ru (Nick Evgeniev), andre@linux-ide.org (Andre Hedrick),
        alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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>   I agree that if it has known problems which destroy data it should be
> unavailable in the stable kernel. It certainly sounds as if that's the
> case, and the driver could be held out until 2.4.20 or so when it can be
> fixed, or if it can't be fixed it can just go away.

Then I suggest you give up computing, because PC hardware doesnt make
your grade. BTW the general open promise bugs *dont* include data
corruption so I suspect it may be your h/w thats hosed.
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